Mitsubishi Electronics 164 SERIES Manuel D’Utilisation

The TV comes from the factory with the rating locks 
turned off and with pre-set U.S. ratings TV-PG and 
movie rating PG.  You must turn on blocking for U.S. 
ratings to activate these rating restrictions.  You will be 
prompted to enter a pass code when you select 

Lock 

on the main menu.

Important Notes on Rating Locks
•

Parental menu rating locks apply only to channels and 
signals received on the 

ANT and composite VIDEO jacks.

•

Other menu rating locks apply only to digital channels 
received on 

ANT.

•  When viewing a cable box, satellite receiver, or other

device connected to the component 

Y Pb Pr or HDMI 

inputs, check the device’s owner’s guide for parental 
locks.

•  When accessing VUDU’s internet movie service, use the

parental controls provided by VUDU.

 

Disables or enables blocking based on V-Chip signals and the U.S. rating system.

Highlight the rating level you wish to change 
and press 

ENTER to block it ( ) or allow 

it (

).

You can apply supplemental content block-
ing to the age-based ratings by using the TV 
content categories. (

FV, D, L, S, V)

Highlight the rating level you wish to change 
and press 

ENTER to block it ( ) or allow it 

(

).

Sets the time of day for enforcement of rating restrictions set in the 

Parental menu.

Note:  To make rating restrictions active 24 hours a day, make Start Time and Stop Time the same.

Blocks all use of the TV during the time period you specify.  Once a lock time is set, it 
goes into effect immediately and you must enter a pass code to use the TV during the lock 
period.  To reactivate the time lock, power the TV off and then back on.  To make 

Time active 24 hours a day, make Start Time and Stop Time the same.

The 

Channel Lock menu lists channels currently in memory (see page 27).  Highlight a 

channel and press 

ENTER to lock ( ) or allow (

) the channel.  Channels locks will be 

cleared the next time you perform a channel scan.

Use this option if small children try to press TV buttons.

To 

•

release the Panel Lock from the TV’s control panel, press and hold the 

INPUT button for 

ten seconds.  If the TV is powered off, press 

POWER after the lock releases to power on the 

TV.
To reactivate the lock, return to this menu and change the setting to 

•

On.

Other Menu Options (alternate rating system)
This TV can recognize new rating systems that may come into effect in the future.  Such alter-
nate rating systems will apply only to digital programming received on the 

ANT input.